Constituency
476. Calcutta Central
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CALCUTTA-CENTRAL
CPI 58.2%won by 16.4%INC 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.2% to 16.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.4% to 65.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,03,254
Turnout
65.9%
Valid votes
2,65,854
Margin
43,690
16.43%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1HIRENDRA NATH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI1,54,77258.2%
- 2BALAI CHANDRA PALIndian National Congress · INC1,11,08241.8%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −15.7%
- CPI share
- 65.0% → 58.2%
- INC share
- 32.9% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- 52.6% → 65.9%